Rope-making machine.



T. M. MUINTOSH. ROPE MAKING MACHINE. APPLIUATIQN FILED JULY za, 190s.

Patented Apr. l12, 1910.

i ffm* To all whom 'it may concern:

and minor drawing, and

PATEN'I` QFFICE.

THOMAS M. MCINTOSH, OF FAIRFIELD, IOWA.

Born-MAKING MACHINE.

Be it known thatfl, THOMAS MOIN- 'ro'sH, a citizen of the United States, residing at. Fairfield, inthe county of J eersonand State of Iowa, have invented a new` and useful' Rope-Making Machine, of which the following is a s eciication. f

The. object o thepresent invention is to rope making machines.

'fThe object of the present invention is to improve the construction of rope making machines, and to provide a simple, inexpene sive and eicient machine, designed for the use of farmers and various other persons requiring halterropes, tethering ropes, and the like, and capable` of enabling a rope of any size or length to be easily and cheaply manufactured. 'f

. A further object of the invention is to 20 provide a `rope making machine of this character, adapted, without vthe use of fastenin devices, to. be readily mounted on afence rail, the side of a Wagon body or similar supholding the m'achine in position, for ena ling the gearing to be convenieiitly operated..

. i yWith theseand otherobjects inview, the

invention consists in Ithe construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying ointed outin `the claims. hereto ap ended; itfbeing understoodthat Avarious c anges in the-form, proportion, size details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be 'resorted to without departin from the spirit or sacrificing any ot t e advantages of the in-` vention. v

In the drawing z-Figure 1 is aperspective view of a rope making machine, convstrncted in accordance with "this invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionalview on the line 33.of Fig. 2.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the 'drawing'.

1 designates a casing, designed to be constructed .of sheet metal, or other suitable material and composed of parallel vertical sides 2 and 3, and a connecting top portion.. The casing is open at its bottom and ends to enable it to be itted upon and embrace the upper end of a ost 4,91' other suitable support, and the si es 2 and 3 are equipped with alined bearings `for the Shanks 5 and 6 ofl central and side strand twisting hooks 7 and 8. The casing straddles the upper end of the post, and the rigid sides iirmly engage the support afforded by the upperend of the. ost.

T e strand twisting hooks, viewed .horizontally or in plan view, as shown in Fig. 2, are arrangedl 1n an arcuate series, the side ho'oks being projected in advance of the casing so as to maintain the center and side strands 9' and 10 at a uniform length and at a uniform tension. The side-.strand-twisting hooks 8 aremaintained -in their projecting position with front spacing sleeves 11,. arranged on the the engaging fortions of the same and the front side 2 o the casing. The sides of the casing are maintained in parallelism by intermediate sleeves 12, arran ed on .the Shanks of the .side hooks an .extending across the space between the sides .of the casing and adapted to rest upon the upper end ofthe p ost or upon the upper edge vof a rail or the side of a wagon or other support upon which the device maybe placed. The sleeves also serve to maintain the shanks of the side hooks out of contact with the support source. The central hook 7 is located'. in a ane above the plane of the side hooks, and 1s thereby arranged above. and. out of. contact withthe support. t

The rear ends 13. and 14 ofthe Shanks of the hooks are threadedzfor they reception of sprocket wheels-1 5 and. 16, which; are interiorly threaded to screw on the threaded ends of the Shanks of the hooks. The threaded receives an operating crank 17, provided with a threaded aperture for engaging the thread- Shanks of-.the hooks or right end threads, andithe movement of the wheels and the crank handle incident to the operation of the crank handle on the Shanks of the hooks,

, and/ there is no liability yof the parts accidentally unscrewing, and it is unnecessary Patenten npfr. 12, 191e.

relation to the casing by Shanks of the hooks and interposed betweenA .and prevent frictionv from such'.

portion of the shank of the central hook .also

the machine tendsto-screw the wheels andedend 13 of the central hook and equipped with a handle 18. The threads of the to provide locking devices for preventing" and the sprocket wheels. The hooks are ro-4 tated in the same direction preferably by means of a chain belt or sprocket chain 20,

arranged on and meshing with the sprocket l wheels l5 and 16. vWhen the crank handle is rotated in a forward direction, .the strand I twisting hooks will be simultaneously ro-l tated in the same direction. The central or l upper strand twisting hook and its sprocket wheel are located above the horizontal plane ot' thc side hooks and their sprocket wheels, l and the sprocket chain has inclined iights extending from the side sprocket wheels to the central sprocket wheel. The particular arrangement of the central sprocket wheel above the side sprocket wheels gives the sprocket chain a better hold on the central sprocket wheel than would be the case were all the sprocket wheels arranged in the same horizontal plane, and the central sprocket wheel is therebyeltectually prevented from slipping.

Each hook operates to twist two or more strands, which are formed by doubling a piece ol twine ot' the desired length to form a loop 2l for engaging the hook. The rope is composed ot six or more strands, each pair l ot strands being twisted together byv the individual rotary movement of the central and side hooks. After the strands have been twisted to the desired tension, they are arranged in guiding recesses 22 oi a manuali 1 operable guide, consisting of a. head 23 and a marline pin Q4. The head is preferably in the form of a casting, and is centrally secured by a screw 25 to the blunt end of the 1 mai-line pin, which is preferably made ot' wood. After the strands ha ve been twisted to the desired tension, they are held back ol the head of the manually operable guide, which is moved forwardly as the machine is operated. The strands will form themselves into a rope, and the tightness of the twist of the rope is controlled by the manually operable guide. After the guide has been advanced along the strands to the hooks of the machine and the rope completed, the sidei 1 strands are removedL from the side hooks and are placed upon the central hook. The machine is then given a few backward turns, which completes the rope making operation. A convenient slip noose can be made by passing the opposite end of the rope through the loops as they come oil the central hook. The openings of the loops can be enlarged by forcing the end of the marline pin into them to permit the free end of the rope to pass freely through the loops. Any fuzz or beard may be renoved from the rope by singeing it with a lighted match.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to .secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A rope making machine including central and side strand twisting hooks, the side hooks being projected in advance of the cen tral hook to form an arcuate series to maintain the strands at uniform length, and gearing connected with the hooks for rotating the same.

i 2. A rope making machine including cen tral and side strand twisting hooks arranged in an arcuate series with the side hooks projecting in advance of the central hook, the central hook being located above the plane of the side hooks. side sprocket wheels connected with the side hooks, a central sprocket wheel connected with the central. hook and located in a plane above the side sprocket' wheels, a sprocket chain arranged on the sprocket wheels and having inclined nights extending upwardly t'rom the side sprocket wheels to the central sprocket wheel, and a crank handle connected with one of the sprocketV wheels.

in testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my Signature in the presence of two witnesses.

l s THOMAS M. lSilvicmzrpsn.

mar i W'itnesses:

A. D. LONG,

R. D. ERICKSON. 

